Employees at Lightolier, a Fall River lighting company in the Airport Industrial Park with over 600 employees, participated in its second company-wide health fair held on October 7, 2009 in the company cafeteria. Workers could get their blood pressure checked, get their body fat analyzed, get a bone density scan from Coastal Orthopaedics, or have a free massage courtesy of Eternity Massage and Day Spa in Swansea. "We get a terrific response from our employees," commented occupational therapist Mary Dunn. "They're really interested in what they can do to improve their health status," she added. Lightolier has been a leader in bringing health resources to the worksite. Click here, here, and here to see some of the things the company has done. Click here for pictures from last year's health fair. For more information about the market, contact Wellness Committee member Mary Dunn at 508-679-8131.
 

(Top row, left) Maintenance supervisor Jim Fisher talks with Diabetes Association advocate Virginia Senna-Davis. (Top row, center) Administrative assistant Claudette Cooper and Joe Santos from assembly hand out pumpkins to every employee who participated in the health fair. (Top row, right) Chemist Wendy Deng gets the results from a bone scan from Eleanor Anctil of Coastal Orthopaedics. (Middle row, left) Lightolier employee Rick Lamonde talks with his wife Barbara as she represents the BOLD Coalition. (Middle row, center) Occupational Health Nurse, Mary Dunn, R.N. and project manager Margaret Nicolosi greet employees at the fair. (Middle row, right) Luanna Carrandio gives a massage to engineer Tim Ekey. (Bottom row, left) Philip Ferry picks our some fresh fruit from the healthy food table manned by Raymond Carreiro, Madeline Medeiros and Barbara Correia. (Bottom row, center and right) United Health Care staff member Mary Beth Arnold checks Debbie Carvalho and Jim Fisher with a body fat analyzer while David Souza looks on.